The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There was an unpleasant rumour circulated in some quarters towards the afternoon of Saturday relative to the issue of Sir John Colborne's attack upon Grand Brule, but it could not be traced to any definite source, and we trust will not be found to have rested on any foundation of truth, as, according to the opinions of those who were best in formed, it had none in probability. The ostensible leaders of the rebellion having fled, as the Duke of Wellington ex pressed it, " the moment that danger approached their per sons," there can most likely be none but individuals of slight influence now attempting to hold together the rebel cause, unless, indeed, its force still in arms be conducted by foreigners, of which we have heard something, which, if true, would imply a breach not only of friendship, but of faith, in those to whose good offices England has earned for herself no small or questionable title. But, suppose the immediate insurrection to be put down, even while we are writing or before, what then ? Is the difficulty or embarrass ment ended ? Is the provision against the renewal of such dangers, or worse dangers, an easy one? Certainly, the most complicated and perplexing portion of its task only now be gins for the British Government. The proposal of Minis ters is to meet the exigency by a Bill for continuing, through the authority of Parliament, that suspension of the repre sentative Constitution in Lower Canada, which has already in fact, been caused by proceedings whereof Parliament has had no intentional participation, but which have taken place in utter defiance of it. A copy of the Bill was pub lished last Saturday in this journal. It sets cut with a se ries of recognitions cr " whereases." lit that the House of Assembly could not now be called together without detriment to the interests of the said Pros ince" of Lower Canada. 2d. that nevertheless it is expe dient that the said Province "should be permanently governed on constitutional principles." 3d. That in order to the preparation of such measures as may be de sireable for iinpros ing the constitution cf both Provinces of " Upper and Lower Canada," and for settling divers questions in which both Provinces are jointly interested —Her Majesty has authorized the Governor-General of " her Provinces in North America" to summon a meeting, consisting of the said Governor-General and of certain persons to he appointed on behalf of her Majesty, and also of certain other persons representing the interests and opin'.ons of leer Majesty's subjects inhabiting the said provinces. And 4th, that it is in the mean time necessary that temporery prosision shall be made for the government of Lower Canada :—be it enacted that the Act 31 Geo. 111. shall be repeoled in so far as its provisions have gone to constitute a Legislature for Lower Canada. Now, without any silly affectation of legal knowledge, or of pre tension to any faculty beyond that of every-day common ;.:nee, it does strike us that such a menstroite jumbleurent in , otisistency, centraeliction, mystification, rind confusion was never yet heaped together or imposed upon the notice of mankind underthe nickname of an Act of Parliament—albeit there ere things called Acts of Parliament which come near perhaps, though tiny cannot equal, this wonderful con eoction of Queen Victoria's Attoincy-General, the Right Honourable " /stain John Campbell." We find that it is in Isewer Canada, and Lower Canada only, that detri ment would arise from calling the Assembly together ; very nett ; and that it is in relation to Lower Canada only, tl.e 31st George 111. is ter be repealed or suspended until No vember, 1840. But then comes an intliiect avowal of a meditated improvement in tire Cenetituiion " Upper" Ceriada likewisel province of villtich. sew/el - Leics.'s, so far e s le e can guess from the Bill, the existing Constitution is not by its proeisioes at isiest to be suspended at all. There ere. moresver, smotre questions to be regulated, " in vs. ich both Provinces are jointly interested." Then see what a mess they base made of the machinery, whereby such improv ements, or chaneee are to be effec- Ile new Governor-General is to appoint certain persons, of his CPNII authorYey, to aitise him. He is also to call together other persons reel-ea:min; the in terests and opniens of both province , . What sort of as erriblage ie thus indicate !, we le.g leave to a , k ? Bole is that porton of it which h repsesents the interests and opinions': of Litiver Canada ta be got. together ? The terms employed achn:t eo other con truetion, but that they ere to be elected. Elected ? By who:n ? The Bill (1-- c:ares th it the eon.stittieticy shad Tema n unchanged. Wliv, nen, feese advisers of the Governor-General for the affairs tit Lower Canula ;:re to be chosen by the tad electere__ they are to be preci s ely th e sa m e d t e c .ipti on o f persons whojoined Papine et in his factious' warfare against the frown of England. They are to constitote a miniature like ness of that intractable and disloyal body the HCIIS. of As sembly of Lower Canada, wham the very preamble of the Bill declares that it would be " seriously (ietrimental to the interests of the provlnce to call together ?" Was there ever such rubbish as thie collected by any dustman from the ieennel ? Then how is it with the prosioee of Upper Ca nada ? The Bill s ivs not a word ahoet sespeudiag the Constitution of the Upper Province. Yet there, too, the nlovernor-General is to proceed with the Lusiness of ap pahating some persons of his own authority, and summon ing others who will represent the interests and opinions of the people, to be elected, like their brethren in Lower Ca nada, by the existing constituen-y of tie province, and to ;form part and parcel of the new Privy Council, to a quo rum of which is committed by the Act, the power, of making temporary laws, Bat all this while, the Constitution of Upper Canada not being suspended, for aught appears on on the face of the Dili now to be brought forward, there is another authority still to remain in full force and vigour clothed with legislative functions for that im portant province —viz., the present House if Assent lily, which, by the unrepealed Constitution, must be summoned and hold Session every year. Hero, again, we have a precious complication of simultaneous autho sities. Is the present. House of Assembly to exercise its legislative functions or is it not, while the Governor-General takes counsel about the best way of legislating for tile affairs of " both provinces" with his motley domestic &smite ? Are the two authorities to be concurrent ? suppose, by possibility, they should be conflicting 1 What N ovision does the Bill make against such a risk? What , s bed of roses does all this disjointed balderdash prepare fir the Earl of Durham'. Again, we cannot find out from the Bill whether the summoning together of advisers nomi nated by the Governor-general and of advisers elected for him by the people is to be optional or peremptory ; .daether it invests with a power which he may exercise if be thinks proper, or imposes on him an obligation which he eanrot decline. If the Governor-Generel be authorized to net alone, and resort to auxiliaries at his free discretion, he will bear the responsibility of his own deliberate asid uncontrolled measures, and to that course, in so obvious an emergency, we do not see that much fair objection could be urged. But if Lord Durham be compelled to summon as his counsellors, and to be clogged by the votes of men who are not of his own choice—men returned by such elec tors as returned M. Papineau to the Assembly—and at the same time to be held responsible for measures forced upon this adoption by such untoward allies, we arc bound to say that a more unjust infliction upon any public functionary, or a more cruel position wherein to place him, was never ima gined by the most tyrannical or heartless of mankind. Why, there are no materials in Lower Canada out of which to insure a safe return of those who, it appears, would have to co-operate with the Governor-General,or, at their pleasure, to oppose him, in the capacity both of Executive and of Legislative Councillors. The Governor-General would be worried in his own Cabinet. He vrouldhaveto sustain respon sibility without power,mortification with little hope of credit, and danger with no chance of escape. It is impossible that such a machinery could work otherwise than for mischief, and equally impossible that any man of the smallest fore eight should accept so thankless a task as that of its direc tion. In difficult cases, especially one like that of Lower Canada, where the evil has sprung immediately from the division and consequent collision of powers, the part of wisdom would be for a time, and for a definite object, to concentrate them as much as practicable in one hand, and leave upon one head the risk and blame of their misma nagement. It is not for us to offer a prediction of what fate may attend this ill-considered and childish RI But it is every way worthy of its despicable authors, and in our judgment it can never, in its present form, become a law of the British empire, without involving both Houses of Par liament in irretrievable disgrace, and the Queen's north western colonies in ruin.—Times. If Lord Brougham's bitter and unsparing sarcasms u pon the " Noodle and Doodle" correspondence between the Canadian Government and the Colonial-office had no other effect than that of thoroughly awaking Lord Glenelg, and restoring him, for a time, to a sensitive condition of existence from a state of suspended animation, his speech cannot be said to have been powerless. Indeed to ac complish such a feat, it must have had the force of an electric shock, or rather the power of an electrical battery, fr,lving a succession of shocks to the lethargic patient, which would have roused the most somnolent. secretary under the sun, or moon either, from any sleep that was not his final one. Lori Brougham's speech did awaken .Lord Glenelg, who:n the preparatory din of arms, and even the shrill clarion of civil war, tailed to recall from a state of torpidity. That was a triumph of the Noble and Learned Lord's eloquence, if it achieved no other. Be it remem bered, that five days after we had published the first ac counts of the actual breaking out of rebellion in Canada, Lord Gleneig seemed still to dream ef e state of perpetual peace, for his answer to a question put b y Lord Brougham, as to whether an iesurreetion lied commenced in Canada, or not, was, "her Majesty's Government have not received e.ny official information on the subject," when, exhausted try the effort of communicating, such important intelligence to the House, he resumed his state of revise. • The power of music in produeine, or dispelling sleep has been cele- Lrated by Dryden. in his magnificent ode on " Alexender's :'east." It has been said, that Homer nods s ometimes, rand we have the authority of almost as sublime a poet as THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1838• AMUSEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. At Drury-lane, in consequence of the success of Mr. Charles Kean in Hamlet, that tragedy will be repeated to night, on Wednesday, and on Friday next. To-morrow, for the accommodation of juvenile visitors, the pantomime will take precedence of the other performances, consisting of the new farce of Our Mary Anne, the ballet of the Daughter of the Danube, and other entertainments. Every other evening the new pantomime of Jack-a-Lantern will conclude them. Covent-garden to-night presents Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth ; to-morrow Amilie ; or the Love Test; Wednesday, Joan of Arc, with the Brigand—every evening with the new attractive pantomime of Harlequin Peeping Tom of Coventry ; and on Friday will be represented Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, in which the catastrophe of its immortal author will replace" the commonly acted one by Tate ; the part of the Fcol will be also restored, and other emendations of the text, more in accordance with the original play, will be made. The following will be its powerful cast : Lear, Mr. Alacready ; Kent, Mr. Bartley ; Glo'ster, Mr. G. Bennett ; Edgar, Mr. Elton ; Edmund, Mr. Anderson ; the Fool, Miss P. Horton ; and Cordelia, Miss Helen Faucit. _ _ Opera Buffa (Lyceum), to-morrow, Donizetti's opera of Belly, with the first act of Ricci's opera of Scaramuccia ; and on Thursday will be repeated Mozart's opera Le Nozze di Figaro. The Adelphi to-night and during the week, the new bur letta of All for Love ; or, the LostPleiad, with, first time, a new burletta, called the Black Domino, followed by the Dancing Barber, and (compressed) the pantomime of Harle quin Silver Sixpence. The Olympic to-night and during the week, the Black Domino, with Shocking Events, the Ringdoves, and Puss in Boots. The St. James's tries a novel experiment to-night, com mencing and concluding its entertainments with theatrical performances, and giving intermediately, for the first time in Englar.d, a grand instrumental concert, with promenade a la Musard at Paris, for which purpose a band of eighty of the first performers in Europe have been engaged, and the pit will be covered over, forming with the stage, a very handsome and spacious saloon. Is she his Wife will precede, and the Young Widow follow the concert. The Surrey to-night and during the week, All Hallow's Eve ; or, the Spirit of the Lahe, followed by other enter- tainments. The Victoria to-night, tc-morrow, and Wednesday, Romeo and Juliet, with the Village Lawyer. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the Jew of Lubeck, wish I and my Double ; to conclude every evening with the Cottager's Daughter. THE BANSHEE.—John French, Esq., of French Park, who represented the county of Roscommon, from 1743, until the time of his death in 1775, was drowned in the latter vfar, together with his brother Robert, on his passage from Dublin to Parkgate. A plcm, entitled " The White Lady," o considerable merit; written we believe by a lady of the French family, and printed for private circulation, gives the following singular tradition connected with this melancholy event:—" John French, Member for Roscommon, and Robert French, were drowned in the year 1775, in returning from Parkgate. Their wives were at French Park, awaiting their return. On the night of the day when they were expected, it blew a perrect hurricane, in the midst of which, the coach and six was distinctly heard to drive up to the door. As it stopped, a piereinr , shriek, louder than the storm. rung on the ears of the atfiigiTted household. 'I he wife of John French, called The Ban Tierna,' exclaimed, "Ti 3 the cry of the Banshee—my husband is drowned!' The door was opened— no carriage was seen—nor bad any entered the gates. A few days after, the news arrived that the packet in which they were returning had been lost."—Burke's Commoners, Part X V. The present severe winter has brought to thi , country several species of birds but little k❑own here. On Friday seven pine cross-bill parrots were shot near Leamington; and a black-throa'ed or speckled diver, which rarely comes south of Scotland, was on the same day killed near High Wycombe. AN UNCOMMON GOOD SHOT.—Two passengers coming down the Mississippi in a steam-boat, were shooting birds on shore from the deck. Some sportsman converse en sued. One rernarkcd, that he would turn his back to no man in killing r.-coons, that he had repeatedly thot Efty a day. • What o' that ?" said a Kentuckian ; " I make nothing of killing a hundred 'coon a day, cenary luck."—" Do you know Captain Scott of our state?" asked + a Tennessean bystander; " he, now, is something like a shot. A hundred 'coon; why he never p'ints at one without hitting him. He never misses, and the 'coons knows it. T'other day he levelled at an old 'un in a high tree. The varmint looked at him for a minute and then bawled nut, Cap'n Scott is that you?'— ' Yes,' was the reply...—. Well, don't shoot says he; ' it's no us-2, ; hold on ; I'll come down—l give in 1' which he did 1" It is unnecessary to add, that this was the last hunting story. —Knickerbocker. The Leicester Chronicle records the death of an in dividual in that town, caused by excessive s,noking. The deceased was, it is said, of sound constitution, and, with the exception of cigars, temperate in everything. He was stized with a sudden prostration of strength, which proved fatal in a few days. On a post raortent examivatkn the body exhibited "no traces of disease." The medical men attribute his death solely to the too great indulgence in smoking. On Wednesday morning the extensive premises of Mr. Louis Merideth, situated at Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, which consisted of several floors of warehouses filled with hops, tallow, seeds, wax, and groceries, to the value of 12,000 i. were completely destroyed by fire. STRIKING DEATH.—In the morning of December 15th, Matthew Johnstone, mai iner, Monkwtarmouth, a native of Roxburghshirc, dropped down suddenly, and expired. Mrs. Johnstone, in assisting to remove his clothes, &c., from the ship which he was to leave for the winter, was nearly drowned in the river Wear. He saw from the vessel the boat in which she was capsized, and hurried to her assistance. After reaching the top of the bridge stairs, he procured a st mulus to prevent the effects of the immersion, and urged her to hurry home ; he went for a bag of apples to the bridge , with which he was to follow her, but had not taken many steps till he fell down to rise no more. His wife, not knowing what had happened, was waiting with the utmost anxiety to express to him her gratitude for such an astonishing delive rance, when she was informed of his sudden death l The deceased bore an excellent character, though connected with sea-faring temptations for about fifty years. A DISHONEST WIFE.—One evening last week, a man pursued his wife into Inverness, a distance of about 30 miles from their home, the woman having run off—not with some gay Lothario—but with a sum of 101. belonging to her husband. The offending party was detected, and most of the money found on her person, after which the poor man, with a rare and exemplary meekness of spirit, took back the repentant wife, and they went home together.—lnverness Courier. FROST AND SNOW.—The mild weather on which we lately congratulated ourselves, assometbino- almost unpre cedented, has at length given place to severe frost and snow. Both north and south the mails are detained behind their time. There is no snow between Inverness and Perth, but south and west of Edinburgh it lies deep. In Caithness there has alto been a considerable fall of snow, and travellin• on the coast, •r Aberdeen road, is impeded from the same cause.--Inver ness Courier. LONDON AND BLACKWALL extraordinary meeting of the proprietors of the London and Blackwell Commercial Railway was held on Friday, at the City of London Tavern, to consider a Report proposed to them by Messrs. Stephenson and Bidder, relative to an improved mode suggested by those gentlemen for constructince and making' the railway. Mr. Esdaile was the Chairman, and the meeting was numerously attended. The Report, which contains some Tory useful suggestions, having been read, the proposal was made that it be agreed to ; upon which a proprietor suggested that some account of the state of the funds of the Company should be laid before the meeting ; but, as no one seconded the suggestion, it was withdrawn, and the Report was unanimously agreed to. A resolution was also unanimously agreed to expressive of the opinion of the proprietors that the undertaking was a very ad vantageous one, and that it would be advisable to commence it as soon as possible, and carry it on with vigour. Several pro prietors expressed their conviction that the railway would be advantageous to the public, and lucrative to the shareholders; and one of them (Mr. Stock, of Poplar) dwelt on the conve nience which the railway would present if it existed at the present moment, when vessels cannot come higher up the river than Blackvvall ; and spoke of the immense number of passengers who now came from Blackwell to London by land. Another proprietor expressed a hope that in time an Act of Parliament would prevent steam-vessels from coming further than Blackwell ; for that they would then be compelled to " vomit their contents" at that place.---( A laugh.) Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. The village of Colnbrook has been in a good deal of excitement within the last few days, on account of the fol lowing circumstance. As some labourers were going to their work on Tuesday morning, in passing through a lane a short distance from Colnbrook, they discovered the body of a man lying upon the ground. His throat was cut from ear to ear, and a short distance from him lay the razor, covered with blood, with which instrument the wound ap peared to have been inflicted. The body was quite stiff and cold, and had no doubt been all night in the situation where it was found. An alarm was immediately given, and assist ance being procured, tic remains were removed to the Black Boy Inn at Colnbrook, where the deceased'a clothes were examined, but no papers or documents of any kind were found upon him to afford any information respecting him, neither had he any money. There were no other marks of violence upon his person. An inquiry was instituted, but all that could be ascertained respecting the unfortunate deceased %Nes, that he had been seen at Hounslow a day or two previ ous ly, where it was believed he had come from London, and his de jected and melancholy appearaLce had been remarked by every one who saw him. He sveut by one of the Windsor coaches to Colnbrook on the evening before he was found dead as de scribed, and after he had paid the coachman, he went into a public-house, and called for half a pint of beer, and ho re marked while he was paying for it, that it was his last penny. He then left the house, and nothing more was heard of him un til he was found in the lane. A coroner's inquest was subse quently held upon the deceased, when the jury after a minute investigation returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary derangement. THE BABINGTON CONSPIRACY. Homer, for asserting that even the Macedonian conqueror , who boasted a descent from the ruler of Olympus, did oc casionally doze : " Until at length, with love and wine opprest, The vanquish'd victor sank upon her breast." Far be it from us to suspect, that either the one or other of those soporific influences throws its Morphine charm over the faculties of our Colonial Secretary. Sleep he does, however, as soundly as Alexander ever did, and pro bably without such visions as beguiled " the blind old man of Scio's rocky isle." Timotheus sweeping the strings of his lyre, in the frenzy of impassioned genius, dispelled the enamoured trance of the victor of the Granicus. We question if any instrumental performer in England, from Lindley, with his violoncello, and Dragonetti with his bas- soon, to the man who plays the double drums at the Italian Opera, or the hurdy-gurdy Orpheus of the Arcadia of St. Giles's, could succeed in breaking the slumbers of such an accomplished, steady, out-and-out sleeper as our Colonial Secretary. No, neither organ or trombone, or even Scotch bagpipe, or any other instrument could do it. It demanded vocal powers of a rare and extraordinary kind, the vocal powers of such an orator as Lord Brougham—a master of sarcastic eloquence—one who could throw the " concen trated bitterness" of faded friendship and disappointed am bition into every tone, intonation, and accent of his exas perated rhetoric ; and well did he address himself to the task of dispersing the slumbers of his late colleague and noble " friend," like one who felt he " had his work to do"—to " Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him with a rattling peal of thunder." Whoever could haye continued to sleep under the pelting of such a pitiless storm of invective, caustic ridicule, so lemn irony, and merciless sarcasm, as Lord Brougham let loose upon his fjrmer colleagues, and more especially upon the Colonial Minister, of whom he was once the satisfied yoke-fellow in the harness of " do-little" and " do-less" reform—weoever, we say, could have continuedto sleep under such "iron sleet of arrowy shower" must have a gift that way which Sancho Panza himself might have envied. It was too much for the " passive resistance" of Lord Glenelg's quiescent constitution. It effectually roused him. It opened his eyes, his ears, his understanding—it unsealed every sense, and they svho saw him under the infliction of that excoriating speech—the " schoolmaster's" long pickled and fiercely-flourished rod—say that no man in this world was ever more thoroughly awake 1. " Hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head ; Amazed, he stares around As one waked from the dead I" A sudden excitement from great torpor is somotimes suc ceeded bye confusion of mind closely allied to stupefaction. If Lord Glenclg suffered this sort of inconvenience from the electrifying process of the ca-Chancellor, he had time to recover from it before the time arrived for him to reply. But previously to that time the great experimentalist upon the nervous system of his Lordsh;p had decamped—vulgo " bolted." This was all the better for Lord Glenelg, who summoned courage to grasp one of those thunderbolts of Roman eloquence which Cicero hurled at the head of Cali- line, and sent it smoking after the fugitive patron of the Cana'lian conspirators. " evasit, eritpii," exclaimed the writhing Secretary, in a tone of unwonted animation. " Having t anted," he continued, " his thunder with no sparing hand, and having also heap, l upon me those mea sures of wrath and indignation which se: ned to be inex haustible in his mighty bosom, be has at length shown rne, that having discharged his deadly bolts, he is capable, lake the Thuclerer, of veiling himself in clouds." Only think of Lord Gienelg grasping the lightnings of Tully end B-o igliam, with a prescience of dagger f:.orn the awakening foe, similar to what the Scottish seers call " second sight," scampering from the anticipated vengeance! During three lm:g hours did the ex-Chancellor operate upon his Minis terial victims, but to wait half an hour longer for the reto -t courteous was more than his Scotch philosophy cr his constitution could bear. So it was with Papineau, Browne, and M'Kenzie. They launched their rebel-thun• drs, and, alarmed at their ovn noise, fled! In truth it was a sight doleful and, at the same time, delectable to behold ; only the graphic humour of Gilray mild have done it justice, or that of his able successor, who attests his identity with the same initials that are used by the learned Lord Harry himself. It is possible that if Hogarth lived 'n these day, and had witof.ssed the process of flay ing old friends alive," as practised by the learned Baron who studied anatomy while on the woolsack, he would have tahen some hints fro:n it for an additional series of his " Provess of Cruelty." One dly a noble friend taken ab• ruptly - from his easy chair in the sinecure office of the duchy of Lancaster, is laid upon the table of the great ope rator, and made to feel severer twitches than he ever did from his old enemy, the gout. Another day a lecture is given upon the " hanging" of a Premier's " glazing," tongue : the peculiar construction of that courtly organ is examined with curious and cruel precision, and its aptitude for performing in high company the office of that singular production of nature, called " Venus's fly-trap," is ably and clearly demonstrated, only substituting for "Venus" the name of " Adonis." These and other experiments of a similar kind will undoubtedly raise the Majendie of the senate to high, if not unrivalled scientific reputation, un less a well-known Society should be enabled to stop his career by bringing his experimental lectures within the pro visions of " Martin's Act."—Morning Herald. Lord John Russell's proposed " Bill to abridge plum& _ . tics, and to make better provision for the residence of the ' clergy," which was postponed tdl after the recess, will, we presume, take precedence of other subordinate measures as soon as the paramount Canadian question has been dis posed of. It is a most excellent measure, and whatever may be the other deficiencies of ecclesiastical reform, will very effectually complete one desirable step in Church re formation. Equalization of ecclesiastical incomes is one of the great interior reforms of the Church of England, de manded both by the spirit of the age and by the per manent interests of the Establishment itself. Something has been accomplished towards this object by the present GoVernment ; but what has been done is very inadequate to meet the entire merits and claims of the question. The incomes of the Bishops have been rated at far too high a scale ; and the average incomes of the working clergy have not been made sufficiently remunerative for their bona fide exertions. In order to make good the de ficiencies left by this primary abuse, another abuse (to which Lord John Russell's Bill applies, viz., that of non-residence and of pluralities,) has been suf fered hitherto to exist to a wide and mischievous extent. During the predominance of the High Church Tory Mi nistry, a systematic jobbing in Church pluralities and non residentship was carried on to a most flagitious extent. Livings in distant parts of the country were given to High Church partizans, as rewards for their enmity or their treachery to Reformers, and for their general " thick and thin" partizanship of the High Church Ministry. In these cases the clerical jobbers were never expected to visit their flocks except with a view of fleecing them periodi cally for their private benefit. These abuses are not per petrated now. But what is the interior condition of the Church at the present day ? On the one hand we see golden prebendaries and cathedral dignitaries—exhi biting a luxurious ostentation., foreign to the genius of Christianity, by the possession of large incomes de rived from a plurality of livings. The opposite group ing of the picture, on the other hand, exhibits the working clergymen in Wales, and in other remote districts of the country, ekeing out a miserable subsistence by means of petty pluralities—riding post-haste from Church to Church in order to go through a hasty and disreputable service ; and possibly working in their own field during the remainder of the week, in order to make up the deficiency of their starving incomes. We are not stating on this oc casion a problematical case, but a fact which we have our selves witnessed. The exhibition produced by the con trasted lights and shades of the whole picture is this—that the functionaries of the Church who do work are paid little or nothing for their labour, while those who do not work are paid inordinately for doing nothing. Might not a sur plus, drawn from those inordinate episcopal endowments, which are as injurious to the Church as: they are alien from the simple manners of the first Episcopai be devoted to the palliation, or the removal of this ecclesiastinal scandal ? Are there not ecclesiastical funds misappropriated and wasted sufficient for the purpose ? Why is not Queen's Anne's bounty fairly applied as intended ? If that fund were honestly maintained from the first fruits and tenths of episcopal incomes, according to law, there would be amply sufficient to provide de cent incomes for the working clergy. Of this we are certain, that the pluralities kept up by the op posite extremes of luxury and penury, equally scan dalous, and equally injurious to the reputation and in fluence of the Church, cannot be longer maintained in the face of public opinion. They are not suited to the times. Society has no sympathy with deputyship. The abuse vio lates its ordinary feelings of probity and comm on sense. In every soeial function, it expects that every man shall be adequately paid for his labour ; but it also expects that he shall not do it by proxy or by deputy. It expects that he ould do it himself—that he should not pretend to perform duty in two places at the same time, nor to undertake and eceiee remuneration for attempting to do that which he nnot honestly accomplish. We are not now ar g uin g the uestion of an exterior reform of the Church. A thorough a xterior reform would greatly serve its ultimate nd perma ent interests ; but the time is not yet ripe for it, a l though will inevitably co me . That thorough Reform will doubt - S 3 embrace a d ue a dj us t men t of all the funds of the . leurch, and th e i r re - a pp ropr i at i on t o th e i r three-fold ob ect—ineirection, c h ar it y , an d c l er i ca l remunera ti o n. We . re confining our se lv es t o t h e quest i on o f an i n t er i or Re form of the Ch urc h E s t a bli s h ment . T o t h at i t func tionaries are perfectly competent. An inane-fiat e remedy for the abuse is expedient for the present as well as the future interest of the Church. The visible corruption of pluralities impairs its efficacy, cripples its influence—hn pairs it means, nourishes dissent—creates contempt, alike for its dishonest partiality and unjust misappropriation of service—for its mingled meanness and ostentation —and infects it with a disvaluation in public opinion, which—like the dry rot—is always the moral precursor of a substantial decay at heart aad ultimate downfall.—Morning Advertiser. Anthony Babington (whose collateral descendant is the pre sent Thomas Babington, Esq., of Rothley Temple, in Leices tershire), was attainted in the time of Queen Elizabeth for conspiring to release Mary Queen of Scots, and is a conspi cuous person at that period of our history. Sir Walter Scott describes him as " a young gentleman of good parts, large fortune, and an amiable disposition, but addicted to ro mantic ideas on the subject of love and friendship, and an un hesitating zealot in the cause of the Catholic religion." The plot originated with three Catholic priests, two of the name of Gifford, and the third Hodgson; and it contemplated the death of Elizabeth, with the consequent enfranchisement of Mary. It was first determined that Savage, an English Catholic, holding a commission in the Spanish service, should put Eliza beth to death with his own hand ; but it being considered afterwards as rash in the extreme to entrust an object so im portant to a single arm, Babington undertook to carry the plot into execution with a band of ten gentlemen, with whom he was connected by the closest bonds of community in studies and amusements. The names of these persons were-1N ind sor, Salisbury, Tilney, Tichbourne, Gage, Travers, Berne wall, Cheswick, Dunn, and Jones. The number was more than double that deemed requisite, but the rash and romantic mind of Babington totally unfitted him to lead such a band of conspi rators. His imagination, excited in an extraordinary degree, displayed by one single act his utter incapacity. This was nothing less than the causing to be painted a picture, repre senting six of the principal associates, with his own p ortrait in the centre, the whole bearing a motto expressive of some hazardous purpose in which they were engaged. Babington, in the arrangement of the special part which each conspirator was to perform, as might have been expected, assumed for his own share the most romantic and least guilty portion of the enterprise, by undertaking the liberation of Mary from the place of her confinement. What a man of such romantic character might hope from the gratitude of a Queen released from prison, raised, as his extra vagant plan inferred, to a Crown far richer than that which she had lost, besides the great chance of recoverinc the government of her native kingdom, we can only guess at. Thus far is known, that Queen Mary, exhausted by imprison ment, disease, and suffering, no longer possessed those per sonal charms which might have once inflamed to feats of the moat ardent and extravagant valour in her cause the sons of that chivalry which was not yet quite extinguished. When she was permitted to repair for the advantage of her health to the hot baths of Buxton, she is described as an elderly, lame, and bloated woman, altogether deprived, by long years of retirement and misery, mental and bodily, of those personal at. tractions which she once possessed in such an eminent degree. She was however sequestered from public view ; and a warm imagination, like that of Babington, might figure her in hie idea as still possessed of her unrivalled charms; or perhaps, her high rank as Queen might, in his opinion, compensate fur advanced age and personal deficiencies. Salisbury, with others, were to assemble forces in the neighbouring counties, while Tichbourne, Savage, and four associates, undertook the assassination of Elizabeth. The plot was discovered through a person named Polly, a spy of \Valsingham's, who had en gratiatedhimself with the conspirators ; and one of the Gil fords havieg turned informer, Babington was arrested with the whole of the band, excepting Salisbury, who effected his escap! abroad, and lodged in the Tower. Being separately examined, they confessed their guilt, were Wird, condemned, and executed.. —Extr- acts from Burke's Commoners, Part 15. TILE LILY STEAM-BOAT.—Saturday night shortly before eight, a fire broke out in the engine-room of dne of the steam-boats, named the Lib, belonging to the London and Westminster Company. This vessel is moored with several others off Hungerford-market, and in consequence of tie severe frost for the last few days has discontinued running up and down the river with passengers :o and from London bridge. Saturday afternoon a fire was iglited in the engine room for the purpose of oiling and I. , 2eping in repair the works of the engines, and about dusk c men came on shore, having left every thing apparently pe 'ectly safe. About a quarter to eight o'clock, however, M. Baxter and another salesman belonging to the market we: going to take some refreshment at the Dolphin tavern, wi - •, they discovered the fore and aft cabins on fire. They inst ly spread the alarm, and in a few seconds a strong muster of itermen hastened on board to assist in extinguishing the fl while messengers had been dispatched to the Chandos-: -ct station, the men and engines from which were speedily Attendance. The fire spread with frightful rapidity, and an was formed at one time of scuttling the vessel, but .throe the exertions of all present the fire was fortunately extitr lilted without adopt ing that remedy. The vessel is insuL iin the London As surance Company. - - - - - S Iturdav an accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred at Battersea, by which a poor woman and six help less children have been bereaved of th( protector and only support. Between three and four o'cloc't a number of men in the employ of Mr. Upton, engineer, of Battersea, after having partaken of refreshment at the OA S xan Tavern, near the Church, went to a pond in the neighLoo, hood, which is sup plied from the Thames, for the purpose of anv , sing themselves with skating and sliding. The party bad not been long on the iae when it gave way, and the whole of them were im mersed in the water. It was nearly dark when the catastrophe took place ; and, from the isolated situation of the pond, it was a considerable time before assistance arrived, when the men were struggling amongst the ice, most of them in a state of exhaustion. After great difficulty and danger, six out of the seven who had fallen through the ice were rescued ; but one unfortunate man, named Joseph Laleham, foreman to Mr. Upton, perished. The poor fellow who lost his life was a very steady, sober, and industrious man ; and, what is deeply to be deplored, he has left a widow advanced in pregnancy and six young children. Lord and Lady Munster, and their family have been passing the Christmas recess at Byam House, Brighton. His Lordship was at Petworth for several days last week, for the purpose of transacting family affairs with his brother in.law, Colonel Wyndham. Lady Burrell, and Mrs. King, wife of John King, Esq., are the sisters of the Countess of Munster who benefit by the will of the late Earl Egremont. M.P.'S AND MORTALITY.—It has been re marked. as an extraordinary occurrence, that although six months have elapsed since the election of the present Parlia ment, no vacancy has as yet been occasioned through death. The average number of deaths among Hon. Members has been estimated at eleven annually, or somewhat more than one and a half per cent. M. Archdall, Esq., M.P., has lost the sight of one of his eyes by an attack of ophthalmia. The other eye, for which serious apprehensions were entertained, is out of danger. —Doncaster Gazette. A Welsh Paper states that a gentleman in the town or Brecon has a spaniel whose weight is only 42 ounces. The late Earl of Eldon and Lord Stowell form the most remarkable instance upon record of two brothers, by more dint of talent, raising themselves from comparatively low situations to those of the highest distinction in their pro fessions ; and each living to enjoy an 06111)1 CUM dignitate to extreme old age. Clara Novelle had the honour of singing before the Grand Duchess at the Court of Weimar on the 17th of last December. At the conclusion of the concert the Grand Duchess condescendingly conversed very kindly for some time with her, and after many compliments paid on her charming performance, presented her with an embroidered purse, filled with gold Fredericks, acid a set of turquoise necklace, ear rings, brooch, &e., as marks of her approbation. MusrcAL ANitcDoTE.—Senerino and Farinelli, when in England together, were engaged at different theatres on the same night, and had not an opportunity of hearing each other sing, until by one of those sudden stage revolu tions, at that period very rare, but at present by no means unfrequent, they were both engaged to sing on the same stage. Senerino had the part in a new opera of a furious tyrant to represent, and Farinelli that of an unfortunate hero in chains ; but in the course of the first song he so softened the heart of the enraged tyrant, that Senerino, forgetting his stage character, ran to Farinelli, and embraced him in his true one. i\IARA AT OXPORD.—When this celebrated singer was in the zenith of her popularity, she attended a musical festival at Oxford (about 1784), and not having been accustomed to join in the chorusses abroad, she sat still dur ing the performance of the first chorus ; but when she rose to sing a solo, she was greeted with loud hisses ; upon which she walked out of the orchestra, and went to her lodgings. A d e putation of gentlemen waited on her and promised she s hould do as she pleased ; on which she returned and sung the airs allotted to her, but not with the same effect as Orpheus, f or she did not charm the brutes ; and on her remaining seated when another chorus was sung, the cry became universal— Turn Mara out." Not understanding what the audience said, she smiled ; this provoked them still farther. The Vice- Chancellor said that it was always a rule for every vocal per former to join in the choruses ; on this being explained to Mara by Miss Gurge, she said, " 0 I me does not know his ru l e s, me vil go home ;" and home she went. —Musical World. The Shropshire Magistrates, at the late Sessions, came to a unanimous resolution to apply to Government for a Parliamentary enactment, enabling them to appoint and pay out of the county rates an efficient rural police, the present system not affording means either for the prevention or detec tion of crime. —Hereford Journal. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 12.—The cold has set in all at once with extraordinary severity. According to the ob servations, made eight times in the twenty-four hours, which base been communicated to us, beginning on the Bth instant at eight o'clock in the morning, when Fahrenheit's thermome ter was at 22 deg. (10 deg. below freezing point which is at 32 deg. above zero) ; the most severe cold was in the nights of the Bth and 9th, when the mercury was at 8 and 8i deg. On the 1 1 th, at eight o'clock in the morning, it was at deg., since which it has been at 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 deg. To-day it was at eight o'clock 11 deg., at half-past ten, 17 deg., and at one o'clock in the afternoon, 19 deg. The Marylebone Coal and Potato Association, like all the charitable associations and institutions of the country, is in want of means to meet the increased demand upon its funds during this inclement season. At the close of a brilliant lecture on electricity on Friday evening, at the Royal Institution, by Mr. Faraday, he said he wished- to mention a piece of very foolish chemical philosophy, which was too much practised at the present severe season. People, said Mr. Faraday, are in the habit of sprink li g salt upon snow before their doors. They could not do a 'n " more silly or injurious tiling. The result is to change dry snow or ice, at the temperature of 32, to brine at 0. The in jurious effect of damp upon the feet at this excessive degree of cold is likely to be extreme. If then, continued the Lec turer, any one does sprinkle salt upon snow in the street, be I ought to feel it a matter of conscience to sweep it away immediately. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, J.N. 20. GREEN V. lIEWIT. This was a bill filed - 17; an assignee under the Insolvent Court, to set aside the sale of an equity of redemption which had been sold without the consent of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and contrary to the Act of Parliament. The defendant, Mr. Hewit, purchased the equity of redemption of certain leasehold houses, formerly the property of an insolvent named Green, on which property he had lent 1,5001. on mortgage. Mr. Laing, the former assignee, brought a suit into this Court for an account of the estate ; but, before an answer was put in, Mr. Hewit agreed with him, by consent of all the creditors of the insolvent, to sell the equity of redemption and abate the suit for the sum of 701., which was paid, and a conveyance was made to the defendant. The MASTER of the ROLLS said that there was net the smallest charge of fraud in the transaction ; and the plaintiffs having failed to show that the sale was to the disadvantage of the insolvent's estate he must dismiss the bill, with costs. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 20. EAST V. HALL AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS.-BURGHART V. HALL AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS. These two-cases were actions against the defendants as the executors of the estate of the late Captain Nisbett, for the re covery of sums alleged to have been owing by that gentleman ' to the plaintiffs at the time of his death, which, as will be remembered, took place suddenly in September, 1831. lie was, too, the husband of Mrs. Nisbett, the well known actress. The latter of the actions was to recover the sum of 3,421/. 7s. 6d. for clothes, furniture, money lent, and the hire of apartments in the plaintiff's house, between the 9th of Janu ary, 1828, and the 11th of January, 1831, the late Mr. Nis bett being, during that period, a minor. The defendants pleaded, first, that they did not promise ; and secondly, that the deceased was an infant. To this there was a rephcation of moneys paid, use and occupation, and then that the articles supplied were necessaries. The case came on for trial before Lord Abinger on the 17th June, 1837, when the jury found for the defendants. Upon that trial it appeared that the deceased had taken lodgings for himself and Mrs. Nisbett at the house of the plaintiff, Burg hart, who carried on the business of a tailor. • The amount claimed was thus made up : Tailor's bill for clothes supplied to Mr. Nisbett £1,450 17 6 Ditto to servants 323 15 6 Interest on said bill Bills of Exchange Rent of lodging (one quarter) Compensation for fitting up ditto Bill for tea, coffee, &c. Cash lent, with interest 97 16 0 332 16 6 100 0 0 150 0 0 23 3 6 623 9 0 Writing desk and dressing case Four sets of gold buttons A sable fur flounce 10 10 0 21 0 0 42 0 0 Gold acquilette Fur lining for cloak 73 10 0 Three shawls 149 10 0 Newspapers 1 19 6 It was stated by the plaintiff's foreman that the cloak for which the large sum of 731. 10s. had been made was formerly the property of, and had heen worn by, George the Fourth ; facts which very considerably enhanced its value in the eyes of gentlemen of fashion. The three shawls, too, were Indian Cashmere. The sable flounce, he also stated, was for Mrs. Nisbett's cloak. It was a very curious fur, and, like the gen tleman's cloak, had belonged to George IV. The charge made for that was 421. The bill of particulars also set forth the following articles amongst many others, the whole of which had been supplied to Mr. Nisbett in the short space of three years by the plaintiff:-1851. 7s. for regimentals; 4421. ss. for 88 coats; 3161. 2s. 6d. for 152 waistcoats; 2441. 9s. for trowsers and breeches; 771. 2s. for six morning gowns; 12/. 10s. for two racing jackets; 78/. I Is. 6d. for two fancy dresses ; 1031. 2s. for black silk handkerchiefs and stocks : 681. 2s. for 79 pairs of drawers; 59/. 19s. for four cloaks; 54/. 14s. for 38 yards of Genoa velvet, &c. &c. It was further proved that the deceased had an allow ance from his father of five hundred pounds per annum, and that his pay as sub-Lieutenant of the Guards was not more than 1461., making together a total income of 6461. Mr. Nisbett, however, had agreed to give the plaintiff 4001. a-year for the rent of his lodg►ng, and having taken possession thereof, began to live at a most extravagant rate. Amongst the witnesses for the defendants was Lady Nisbett, the mother of the deceased, who had left her residuary legatee. The Jury accordingly found for the defendants. The Learned Counsel for the defendants showed cause in this case, and Mr. Thessiger was proceeding with his argu ments when lie was interrupted by the rising of the Court, at a quarter to four o'clock for the purpose of meeting, the Learned Judges in the Exchequer Chamber. COURT OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OP ST. PAUL'S JAN. 20 NORTH V. NORTH. This was originally a suit for restitution of conjugal rights, promoted by Mrs. North against John, her husband. Since the commencement or the suit a charge of adultery has been set up against the wife, and a prayer for separation made, which was responded to by a charge of adultery against the husband. It is alleged that Mrs. North committed adultery with Mr. George, an apprentice of Mr. North, who was an indigo blue manufacturer in the City-road ; and on the other side, that the husband engaged a house for and maintained a criminal intercourse with a Miss Saunders. Her Majesty's Advocate on behalf of Mr. North, contended that a Clear case of adultery was made out against Mrs. North. Dr. Lushington appeared on the other side. Judgmen, deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. The parochial officers of Bethnal-green stated to the magis trates that a great number of dead pigs had been taken to the premises of a butcher in Waterloo-town, and, as they feared the animals were intended for the market, to be sold for human food, they requested the interference of the magistrates. An officer was immediately despatched to the premises, and about sixty carcases were taken possession of by the police. Some of the pigs were dressed as they usually are when intended for sale at the market, and had a showy appearance. The butcher in whose yard they were found informed the magistrates that the pigs were not intended for food, but for the grease-boilders, for the making of soap. Mr. BROUGHTON remarked that a vast deal of trouble ap peared to have been taken in dressing them. The magistrate then suspended the summons until all the carcases shall have been destroyed by boiling down, and he said it was to 'be re gretted that there was not an authorised inspector of the ves sels that bring over Irish pigs, great numbers of which are sufficated in the passage, and many of them, no doubt, after wards sent to market for food. CATHEDRAL RIOTERS (IRELAND.) The Waterford Chronicle contains a long report of the trial of some persons who disturbed the congregation, and created a riot in the Cathedral of that City, on the evening of the 28th of November last. The investigation took place on Thurs day, and created considerable interest. The evidence of Sweetman, who was produced to support the indictment against. Thomas Lyons, will show the character of the allega tions on which the proceedings rested. This man being sworn and examined by Mr. Magrath, who conducted the pro secution, said that he was one of the Corporation constables ; recollects the 28th of November. Can't say whether it was on Tuesday or Wednesday. Knows the Cathedral Church of Waterford. Believes it to be in the parish of Trinity within. Recollects being in the cathedral, on the evening of the 28th of November. The Rev. Mr. Browne, as witness was told, was the person who preached that evening. Was at the rear of the Bishop's throne at the extreme end of the church. Mr. Browne was preaching. There was a larger congregation than ever witness ever saw in the church before. Knows the man in the Dock. Saw him in the church that night. Saw him very noisy and outrageous. Saw him disturbing the congregation ; there was a great number of people about him, who were seemingly of the lower order of persons ; is in the habit of going to the cathedral, and the per sons there on that night were not the ordinary description of persons who go to the cathedral ; not two out of 20 of them were the ordinary description of persons who go there. Mr. Brown was about eight or ten minutes preaching, and at that time Lyons was there, and when Mr. Browne mentioned something about the church at Rome, Lyons asked him what church he was talking of, and swore by he'd pull him out of that. After a lengthened investigation the Jury re tired for about ten minutes, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Lyons was again put to the bar for a riot at common law, and was discharged. John Allen and Edward Keys were then placed at the bar for the same offence, and under the same statute. When the case had closed Mr. Walsh ad dressed the Jury—Was there ever (said the Learned Gen tleman) such a disgraceful exposure of a political contrivance made? Look at the witnesses tutored and instructed out of the Conservative Club, coming forward to swear against per sons who were invited to vritness a gladiatorial exhibition to which they were called as a trap to ensnare them. Was it possible that the Conservative Club which made the charge against the Catholics of Waterford resound throughout the empire-- was it possible that they who instructed these witnesses could procure none more respectable to sustain the cause? He might bow his head with shame when he looked upon such a class of witnesses brought forward for such a g m n that t they y telling swear, t a h n e d m v t s o i t d w i i s t c h a r d d s f c r o o m m fi t t h n e r i e r purpose. Co uld the y believe their evi dence? But he would insult their judgment mind everything and disgrace—the authors of this proceeding. The real gist o f t h e matter is that they wanted a grievance and created the present. But it must redound on thei r own h ea d s w ith dis grace and ignominy—disgrace and i gnom i ny w hi c h l ie t rus t e d would entail some benefit on them. This matter had been re sounded through the empire. Let it also be told throughout t i le e mpire how its projectors were met by an honest jury of the citizens of Waterford.—At the conclusion of this brief ad dress, there were partial cheers from the front of the gallery which the Recorder exclaimed against as being an indecorous exhibition of feeling in a court of justice. The jury retired for about.a quarter of an hour, and brought in a verdict—Not Guilty. SCARCE BlRD.—Last week a very fine specimen of the puffin was shot on the river Foss, not far from Monk Bridge, in the suburl,s of York.—Doncaster Gazette. SCARCITY OF SALT.—During the last fortnight, the inhabitants of Great Driffield have been put to great incon venience on account of the scarcity of salt in that town, for very little of that useful ingredient could be obtained there at any of the shops, and unfortunately for many, on the 30th ult., not the least quantity of it could be had from any of the dea' ors, and even at the present time, a limited quantity only can be procured,—Hull Advertiser. STATE OF TRaDE. (From the Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday.) TRADE OF LEEDS. —The Markets on both Saturday and Tuesday last hive been among the best we have had since Christmas, and have exhibited a striking improvement in the demand for our staple commodity. As a necessary conse quence of this improved demand prices are looking up, and when the spring trade shall have fully set in they are expected to advance still higher. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a deal of business done at our Market on Tuesday, at a trifling advance in prices, and more goods might have been sold, if the manufacturers would have accepted the prices offered by the merchants. There was a brisk demand for Yarn at advancing prices, and the Wool Market was firm, the supply being short, owing to the in terruption of the conveyances by the frost and snow. Halifax Market, on Saturday, was one of the best that has been experienced for several weeks past. There was a more numerous attendance of buyers than usual; the transactions were proportionately extensive, and prices began to look up, the manufacturers holding out for an advance when they ob served the altered appearance of the market. Hudersfield Market, on Tuesday, was well attended by buyers, and there was a fair demand for plain goods, but no material alteration of price. Buckskins and other trowser clothes were in moderate request, and the market altogether wore a more cheering appearance than it did some time ago. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JAN. 15. We have had a change in the market to-day for the worse. Less business has been done than on the previous Monday. Prices, however, have undergone no change, except in some instances where the holder has been under the necessity of selling. The wool market has also been flat ; but wool has maintained its former price. NIANCIIESTEL—The market for all descriptions of goods and yarn was exceedingly flat yesterdoy, and lower prices were in many cases submitted to. An extensive stoppage of the canals by the frost has, no douLt, added to the dulness which previously existed, and it is not likely that any mate rial improvement will take place in business until we have a change of weather.—Guardian (Wednesday). BLACKBERN.—There was about an average sale of cotton pieces on Monday. Buyers were not numerous, but sales were good, and prices sound. Manufacturers are looking for ward to a steady season. SILK TRADE AT MIDDLETON.—There is a slight improve ment this week in the silk trade, weavers have more work, and manufacturers and workpeople are expecting a good trade shortly. Iron is on the advance; common bars are 9/. per ton, shipped at Cardiff or Newport.— Wekh Paper. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 20. The demand for Cotton this week has been limited, and prices of American have declined i/ t d. per pound. Yesterday there was an improved demand, which has been fairly met at the above advance. The demand for Sea Island continues good ak steady prices. In Egyptian a fair amount of business has been done, but at a decline of , / t d. per lb. in the common qualities. Brazil is in very limited demand, and a decline of I %d. per lb. has in maiy instances been submitted to. Surat continnes to be neglected. The sales of the week amount to 12,400 bales, all to the trade. d. d. 220 Sea Islands .... 14 to 20 it. AL Demeraras 0 to 0 560 Peruvians — 9 160 Laguayras 7 8 20 Stained ditto 6 13 6,200 Uplands 6h —8/ 689 Mobile, &c. 8a 8a 2,350 New Orleans B- 9a 680 Egyptians tl 13 400 Pernams, &c 9- —10 a 360 Bahias 220 Maranhams 9 —9/ Sawgiuned 0 0 The Market continues without amount to nearly 2,500 bags, at t' b2O Stirats . .. 4l 6$ Bengali . . 0 0 Carthagenas 0 0 Manilla 0 0 30 West India 74 0 Barbadoes Smyrna 0 0 animation. The sales of to•day le prices of yestersiay. Bales. Taken on speculation this year .. l,lOO Same in 1837 Forwarded to the country unsold this year Same in 1837 Increase of import this year compared with the same date last year Decrease of stock Decrease of quantity taken for consumption 21,700 Decrease of quantity taken for export l,lOO Stock. Bags. Jan. 19, 1838 Samotime, 1837 Comparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the 13th inst., and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last year : Into the Kingdom this year. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. 4lb Total of all descriptions Same period last year. Bags. American South American 1,158 West Indies, Demerara, &e. East Indies Egypt, &c. ~.. .... ...... 3,849 Decrease of Imports as compared with sam• period last year 3,436 Exports in Ib3B American, 275 ; Brazil, 15 ; East India, 35 ; West India, —; Other kinds, —. Total in 1838 Same period last year ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAYS.—A servant girl, residing in Stockton, on Christmas-day, a little before four in the afternoon, asked leave of her mistress to go to drink tea at Shildon, a village above twenty miles from Stoekton. Per mission being granted, she set off by the next railway train, spent a pleasant hour with her friends, and returned to Stock ton by seven o'clock the same evening. —Doncaster Gazette. THE BALLOT.-011 Thursday a public meet ing will be held in the Merchants' Hall, York, to petition Parliament for the speedy adoption of" the Ballot." It is un ders:ood that Alderman Meek (late Lord Mayor) will preside on the occasion, and that Mr. Grote's Ballot-box will be exhibited to the meeting., a model having been forwarded by that gentleman to Mr. Rouire Pearce, of the above city. It gives us great pleasure to learn from a correspondent that the question of Ballot is making rapid strides in York and the important districts of which that ancient city is the capital. VORACIOUS COB.-On Thursday last, a sporting party in the Frith observed a large cod floating on the water ; on hauling it on board their boat they found it gorged to the mouth with garviss. Being unable to shut its mouth, the monster could not sink, and was floating like a log on the water. Of course it was an easy capture.—lnvarneas Courior PATENT LEVER WATCHES. Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornhill, London. SILVER CASES. With double-bottom cases With hunting cases GOLD CASES. Size for ladies, with elegant gold dial Size for gentlemen, with enamel dial This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which a watch can be made) is now offered at the above price, with the latest improvements, i. e., the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining power to continue going while winding up. T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). BIRTHS. At Dowlais House, on the I Bth inst., Lady Charlotte Guest, of a son. On the 18th inst., in Norfolk-street, the lady of F. Ommanney, Esq., of a son. On the 18th inst., at Warblington Lodge, Hants, the lady of Major Sir G. T. Temple, Bart., of a daughter. At Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, on the lath inst., Mrs. John Gregory Crace, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Wilderness Park, the Countess of Breck nock, of a son, which survived only a few hours. On the 17th inst., in Finsbury-square, Mrs. John Miles, of a son. At Lewisham, the lady of H. Maynard, Esq., late of the Bengal Army, of a daughter. At Woolwich, on the 15th inst., the lady of Lieutenant Lowry Wynne, Royal Artillery, of a son. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at Hambledon Church, Captain Fitzgerald Gambier, R.N., second son of Sir James Gambier, to Hester, only daughter of T. Butler, Esq., of Bury Lodge, Hants. On the 18th inst., at Prestwich Church, near Manchester, Fran" cis D. Johnson, barrister-at-law, only son of F. Johnson, Esq., of Attkleyheads, Durham, to Agnes, second daughter of the late J. Greenwood, Esq., of I'ollfield, Lancashire. DIED. On Wednesday, the 17th inst., the Rev. Richard Vever3, Rector of Kettering. On the 16th inst., at Datchet, Caroline Ellen, youngest daugh ter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B. On the 18th inst., at Bevis Markes, Samuel Cohen, Esq., in his 84th year. On the 17th inst., at Exeter, Miss Janet Mair, daughter of the the late J. Mair, Esq., of Plantation, near Glasgow. On the 18th inst., in Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn, Charles Thoe. Lane, Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 37. On the 17th inst., at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, Mary, eldest daughter of the late W. Caslon, Esq. On the 18th inst., Ralph Ellis, Esq., of Torrington-square, in his 77th year. On the 18th inst., in Beaumont -street, Devonshire-place, Sarah, relict of W. Gosling, Esq., aged 80. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Boy c ott, w id ow o f T . B oycott, E sq., o f Clement's lane, aged 73. On the 17th inst., John Alexander, eldest son of A. N. Shaw, Esq , of the Bombay Civil Service, aged 8 years and 4 months. On the 19th inst., aged 6b, Mr. Wm. Williamson, of the Duke of Wellington, Crawfurd-street, Bryanstone-square. On the 17th inst., in Argyll-place, Alexander Cory Scoles, aged nine months. On the 16th inst., at Park-terrace, Camden-tows, Anne, wife of T. Russell, Esq. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Maria Hewson, of East-house, Black 7 heath-hill, aged 70. On the 18th inst., in George-street, Hanover-square, Henr Earle, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon Extraordinary to her Alajesty, and one of the senior Surgeons of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. On the 18th inst., Mr. Thomas Glass, of Brandon-street, Wal worth, aged 59. On the 14th inst., at Colchester, aged 81, Mrs. Eliz. Cooke. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No -112, Strand, at The Sun Otlle, No. 112. Strand, in tho county tf Middlesex.—Meaday, January, 22,, lE+3B. • I